I recently replaced an ancient laptop with a slightly less ancient one.
- host for backups for three other machines
- serve files I don't necessarily need on the new machine
- relatively lightweight - "server" is ~15 years old
- relatively simple - I'd rather not manage a dozen docker containers.
- internal-facing
- does NOT need to handle Android and friends. I can use sync-thing for that if I need to.
Left to my own devices I'd probably rsync for 90% of that, but I'd like to try something a little more pointy-clicky or at least transparent in my dotage.
Edit: Not SAMBA (I freaking hate trying to make that work)
Edit2: for the young'uns: NFS (linux "network filesystem")
Edit 3: LAN only. I may set up a VPN connection one day but it’s not currently a priority. (edited post to reflect questions)
See, this is interesting. I'm out here looking for the new shiny easy button, but what I'm hearing is "the old config-file based thing works really well. ain't broken, etc."
I may give that a swing and see.